#A797BE#A797BE

#A797BE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.059 H 303.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A797BE
RGB	rgb(167, 151, 190)
HSL	hsl(265, 23%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(265, 21%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 20.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.02, 13.55, -18.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.02, 22.53, 306.95°)
OKLab	oklab(70.36% 0.0325 -0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(70.36% 0.059 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.2954, 34.0665, 53.3686)
Luminance	0.3407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A797BE #AEBE97

analogous

#979BBE #A797BE #BB97BE

triadic

#A797BE #BEA797 #97BEA7

tetradic

#A797BE #BE979B #AEBE97 #97BEBB

square

#A797BE #BE979B #AEBE97 #97BEBB

split-complementary

#A797BE #BEBB97 #9BBE97

monochromatic

#695487 #8771A6 #A797BE #C7BDD6 #E7E2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#A797BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#A797BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A797BE

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A797BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A797BE	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909DC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939EBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49CA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a797be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 151, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.059 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b5d1',
    500: '#a797be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a797be;
$custom-light: #c1b5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a797be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.615,
    "s": 23.077,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70359,
    "c": 0.05873,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A797BE

secondary

#DADFD2

accent

#A2447B

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121114

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A797BE

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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